A 26 lb Large mouth on a 3 weight in front of a news van.
1 Quick show and then back it go. :lol:
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A 26 lb Large mouth on a 3 weight in front of a news van.
1 Quick show and then back it go. :lol:
Taimen, baby! Followed closely by a Kamchatka steelhead season or two, a trip to South America to shoot some ducks and catch a brown or two, and THEN the 5 pound bluegill. By then it ought to be worn out from everyone else catching it.
a big permit. if i don't hafta go before i get it, i betcha i'll get years added to my original diagnosis.
Ever read "Another Lousy Day in Paradise" by John Gierach? In it he says he caught a 7.25 pound brook trout somewhere in Labrador where the fish averaged 5 pounds. That would, without any doubt, end my life on a high note.
Paddlefish. Going to happen next year.
To me, catching big fish is overrated. I've caught my share of salmon and it is a lot of work. You are often fishing blind. I'd rather target a fish that I can see, and stalk it.
I'd like to catch a nice finicky brook trout. I've caught it's cousins the lake trout, dolly varden (26"), and arctic char (25"), but I'm still looking for my first brook trout.
Maybe it's just the solitude of an unknown brook trout stream that I seek, just as I love out of the way grayling streams. Perhaps I've grown to associate salmon fishing with combat fishing. Either way, it's not the size of the fish that makes it special, it's the enjoyment of catching it.
What is the one fish that you would like to catch before your time is up?
The one fish I would like to catch would be the one that would start loved ones to reminisce of my time spent with them; on and away from the water.
When I first discovered Gierach, I read every book he wrote except for the bamboo book in a span of 2 months. I believe he talks about Labrador many times. I could've sworn he claims a 9-10lb brookie in a 20ft stream. That would be nuts! However, I don't want a brookie. I've caught plenty of them, mostly because I live near enough to chase 'em.
.....wow...this is a tough one...
The 5 lb Gill sounds awesome but I don't think that's a proper answer to this question.
My generic answer is going to have to be a Golden Trout (or maybe Grayling), a real one, not one of those stupid genetically disturbed "Goldens" that can be caught in the East. Catching a Barracuda and watching it shoot out of the water like a rocket while attached to my fly rod would be awesome too.
If I had little time to fish however, I'd want more than anything to go down to the creek I grew up on and teach my boy how to catch the biggest Redeyes you've ever seen out of a tree like I learned to. By then, he may already know, in which case, we'd just go catchin' em 'til I get called home.
Any Brook Trout from one of those small secluded streams in the Adirondacks. On a Sage 1 weight with an Orvis CFO reel. Fishing dry of course. Followed by an A&C Grenadier cigar, a dram or two of Black Velvet, and a smile I can take all the way to Heaven.
I must catch a Grayling before my time is up!